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Friday’s Run Mix – Al and Shuggie!

Friday’s playlist from my four plus mile run! “Coming Back (Across the Water)” – Bernard Allison – Good track from Luther’s son. Not my favorite album but maybe I should listen again! “Guantanamo Bay” – David Rovics – my favorite current protest singer. Check out some of his songs like …

Twang Tuesday – .357 String Band – Lightning from the North

So a while back I downloaded and have been listening to .357 String Band’s album Ghost Town.They are a strong progressive bluegrass band that plays a fast and furious brand of bluegrass that they call “Streetgrass”. From their website: ……..The .357 String Band pays homage to both the dark roots …

Folk Monday -Tim Chauvin – Winds of Change

So yesterday morning I had the iPod on shuflle when I went to get my coffee. On the way back a song came on that sounded really good I looked down to see who it was and to my surprise I didn’t recognize the name Tim Chauvin. I don’t know …

Running with Town Mountain!

So this morning No Depression posted a link on Facebook for the lineup at the 2011 Merlefest. So I went to the site and checked out the line-up a few of the bands I’ve mentioned on this blog. Folks like Balsom Range, Sam Bush Band, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Casey …

Cajun Twang Tuesday – Amanda Shaw – Good Southern Girl

So it started quickly with a little 12 second fiddle piece called “Interlude” then went right into a rollicking Cajun song “Johnny Can’t Dance” again the great fiddle was that the artist playing that fiddle?? Yes, it was Amanda Shaw on her new album Good Southern Girl which debuted at …

Canadian Folks – Hannam and Miles

So the nominees for the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards were announced today and the good news is that three of my favorite artists were nominated for awards! The bad news is that there are a lot of nominees who names I don’t know so I got lots of exploring …

Another Trip – Princeton Record Exchange! Part 1

So we made another trip to the Princeton Record Exchange. The trip was made so that my son Nick could spend a gift certificate from Andrew and money from us for his birthday which was Friday night. We both came home with a boatload of CD’s. Mine were divided into …

Folk Monday – L.J. Booth

One of my musical heroes. – David Wilcox LJ Booth is hands down one of the finest songwriters I’ve had the pleasure to encounter. The Ox That Pulls the Cart is a recording of rare insight and artistry. –Carrie Newcomer So the above quotes come from two of my favorite …

Twang Tuessday from Grasstowne to .357 String Band!

So this Twang Tuesday started out with one of the albums I picked up at the Princeton Record Exchange The Other Side of Towne the most recent release from Grasstowne. This is a really good bluegrass album from some excellent musicians. The album has songs about hard workin’, heartbreaks, momma …

Sunday’s Music – Stalling, Cleveland and Corritore

Well my emusic downloads refreshed the other day and I have been checking the new stuff they’ve added in the last month. It seems that they’ve added a lot of new stuff from Rounder Records so a lot of new folk albums. So did I download any of thing from …

Category: Americana

Friday’s Run Mix – Al and Shuggie!

Twang Tuesday – .357 String Band – Lightning from the North

Folk Monday -Tim Chauvin – Winds of Change

Running with Town Mountain!

Cajun Twang Tuesday – Amanda Shaw – Good Southern Girl

Canadian Folks – Hannam and Miles

Another Trip – Princeton Record Exchange! Part 1

Folk Monday – L.J. Booth

Twang Tuessday from Grasstowne to .357 String Band!

Sunday’s Music – Stalling, Cleveland and Corritore

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